For some, Risusis a handy “emergency” RPG for spur-of-the-moment one-shots and rapid character creation. For others, it’s a reliable campaign system supporting years of play. For others still, it’s a strange little pamphlet with stick figures. No matter what you think it is, there's no wrong way to play.A Huge Thanks to the Global... [click here for more]

The town looks peaceful enough, but there’s a pillar of smoke from last night’s fire, burned corpses from the wreckage, and a demon strung up against the church in the market square. Dolemon Drake, a local hero, gives the call to all brave souls to join him in eradicating the devilish creatures infesting the sewers. Will our heroes join in Drake’s noble fight?Toast... [click here for more]

For 25 years, Risushas been there for us, with open stick-arms and warm, awkward hugs ... and for 15 of those years, the Risus Companionhas been there for Risus, with drunken leering and inappropriate comments.
But has it been there for you? Maybe it's time. The Risus Companion is 64 pages of concentrated... [click here for more]

Over the last two decades, The Big List of RPG Plots has been cited, quoted, thanked and excerpted in articles for computer-game design, a book on Hollywood screenwriting, and more than a few pen-and-paper RPGs. I wrote it in 1993 as an article submission for Pyramid magazine (they rejected it). I later tried to shop it to Dragon and Shadis and others... [click here for more]

Interstellar war destroyed the navigation beams, leaving thousands of planets isolated and billions of wayfarers stranded in their last ports of call. Out here on the Medieval Rim of the galaxy, the locals don't even know what a spaceship is. For more than eleven years, the navbeam recievers have remained silent ... just tiny blue lights, blinking in the darkness: NO SIGNAL... [click here for more]

That is not dead which can eternal lie,and with strange aeons even death may die!To bring down our masters on an icy night,And to claim the power when the stars are right . . .Derleth! Bloch! Team Eibon!Stand fast to resist our rage . . .Or flee to the safety of a new dark age!
Amid the sagging gables of old New England, evil lurks... [click here for more]